Comic #6128: atrophy

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Panel 1: "ONCE UPON A TIME THERE WAS A BOY WHO CRIED WOLF.
WOLF! WOOOOLLFFFF!"

Panel 2: "THANKS TO TECHNOLOGY, THERE WAS NO REASON TO DETERMINE WHETHER HE WAS LYING OR NOT.
No wolves in area. Please return to gifs of people eating food or having boobs."

Panel 3: "THE LISTENERS COULDN'T HAVE FIGURED IT OUT, EVEN IF THEY'D NEEDED TO, BECAUSE THEIR SKILLS AT ASSESSING THE EMOTIONAL AND COGNITIVE STATUS OF OTHER HUMANS HAD ATROPHIED FROM DISUSE."

Panel 4: "THIS WAS A SINGLE INCIDENT IN A BROADER SOCIAL CALAMITY THAT TOOK PLACE IN SLOW MOTION."

Panel 5: "IS THIS JOKE FUNNY?"

Panel 6: "I CAN'T TELL. ASK SOCIAL MEDIA."

The comic features a mix of text and illustrations, highlighting the modern context around the fable of the boy who cried wolf.